Tara Stamps

Democrat · Candidate for Cook County Board of Commissioners, District 1 · November 3, 2026

About this race

Your county's governing board (in Illinois, the county board). Adopts the county budget and property-tax levy, passes county ordinances, and oversees county services such as health and welfare programs, roads and county buildings.

1 candidate is running for Cook County Board of Commissioners, District 1 in the general election on Tuesday, November 3, 2026. Only voters in this district.

Where they stand

Moderately left, from the giving patterns of their campaign donors (DIME campaign-finance score, Stanford). Based on the 32 donors to their 2016 campaign for other. DIME doesn't name donors: it places each one by everyone they give to, then places the candidate by their donors.

Source: data · how scores are linked to one scale.

Funding

$154K raised, $20K from small donors.

Largest donorsAmount
Chicago Teachers Union PAC Committee$50K
SEIU IL Council PAC FUND$13K
Local 134 State & Municipal PAC$5,000
IBEW Local #134 - State and Muncipal PAC$5,000
Elzie Higginbottom$5,000
Democratic Party of OAK PARK$5,000
Subu Ramachandran$2,500

Source: Illinois State Board of Elections, reports through 2026-09-30.

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What party is Tara Stamps?
Tara Stamps is running as a Democrat.
What does the Cook County Board of Commissioners, District 1 seat do?
Your county's governing board (in Illinois, the county board). Adopts the county budget and property-tax levy, passes county ordinances, and oversees county services such as health and welfare programs, roads and county buildings.
How much money has Tara Stamps raised?
$154K as of the latest state campaign-finance filings.
Is Tara Stamps liberal or conservative?
On SpectrumVote's left–right scale, Tara Stamps is moderately left, from the giving patterns of their campaign donors (DIME campaign-finance score, Stanford). This comes from published research, not our opinion.
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